HI Walt:
I purchased upgraded springs with stock ride height. The "before"
measurements at the center of the wheel openings were:
LF 27.25
RF 27.75
LR 27.75
RR 28.5
This is with stock size 185 X 15 Coker Classic tires It looks like there
might be some body distortion at work. I'm anxious to get the car back on
the ground and remeasure when the project is completed. I have observed
that the old upper wishbone bushings were distorted. I'm replacing all with
urethane upgrades.
Regards,
Walt Fogle
>
>Walt
>
>I replaced front and rear springs with TRF upgraded springs. I don't
>remember if you are using standard or upgraded. At the same time I replaced
>all my bushings with urethane. The car definately sits higher in the rear,
>not sure about the front. I have not had it aligned yet although I don't
>know if that will effect the height, but it seems that my fronts now have
>negative (? lean in at the top) camber. I suspect that the old bushings had
>distorted and that previous alignments had compensated for it. I measured
>the height at each corner from the floor to the bottom of the fender lip. I
>don't know what they were before the changes but are now with 205/70-15
>tires:
>
>RF 27.5
>LF 27.3
>RR 28.5
>LR 28.25
>
>
>Walt Philipson
>'74 TR6
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net]On
>Behalf Of Walter Fogle
>Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 3:40 PM
>To: tr6taylor@webtv.net
>Cc: 6Pack@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Front spring height
>
>
>Thanks Dick. The new springs have 2 more coils and are made of thicker
>wire
>than the original even though they are 11/16" shorter than the old.
>(measured while out of the car and sitting on the workbench)
>
>Will the replacement of all wishbone bushings, trunnions and bushes, spring
>pads, and anti-sway bar rubbers and mounts add (or subtract) any ride
>height? How do these items factor in to the overall height?
>
>Best regards,
>Walt Fogle
>
>
> >Subject: Re: Front spring height
> >Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 12:05:26 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >Walt---As you may know, spring free length is only one of the
> >measurements that determine compressed height. The diameter of the wire
> >and the number of coils is also relative. (The more coils per relative
> >spring length, the lower the rate, and of course the thicker the wire
> >the higher the rate.) It is an easy check to compare these numbers to
> >the springs that you are replacing.
> >Springs will sag, rather than grow.
> >
> >Dick
> >SAH___ semi-comp. springs
>
>
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